7.5 Comparing the GroupWise Find Methods

7.5.1 Comparing Search Results

Like other search engines, the GroupWise search engine creates an index of whole words that are contained in the items being searched. When you search with Global Find, GroupWise compares your search criteria and attempts to match them with the words in the search index. Because Global Find searches for whole words, Global Find does not locate punctuation or partial words, unless you use a wildcard character.

On the other hand, Find recognizes consecutive characters, even if they are not whole words, as long as the characters exist in exactly the same order you enter them in the Find field.

For example, if you are looking for an email with “Project status meeting next Tuesday” as the subject, you can search for any or all of the words in the subject in either Find or Global Find.

The following are among the successful search criteria that will find that email in each search tool:

Tool

Example

Finds

Global Find (by subject)

meeting tuesday

All items with either “meeting” or “tuesday” somewhere in the subject.

Global Find (by subject)

meeting? tuesday

All items with either “meeting,”“meetings,” or “tuesday” somewhere in the subject.

Advanced Find (by subject)

meeting tuesday

All items with both “meeting” and “tuesday” somewhere in the subject.

Find

meeting tuesday

All items with the characters “meeting tuesday” together in exactly that order in the subject.

Find

meeting *day

All items with “meeting” followed immediately by a day of the week in the subject.

7.5.2 Comparing Find Functionality

The following table compares Find, Global Find, and Advanced Find in more detail.